Crying Roses
By: Emmy
Part Three
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"Daddy's got a date! Daddy's got a date!" Aya giggled over and over again, sitting up on the table as she watched Sanosuke scramble to get ready. Saitou had said that he would be there at seven, and as soon as they parted ways in the morning, Sanosuke had taken a nap.
And then Aya decided to wake him up around six thirty.
And that would be the exact reason Sanosuke was struggling to get ready while Aya sat on the table, giggling, "Daddy's got a date and Daddy isn't ready!"
Sanosuke paused to look at his daughter for a moment and glared. "Aya-chan! Yer not helping! And get off the table!"
She pouted. "Why? You sit here all the time!"
Sanosuke groaned and ducked back into the bathroom. He didn't have time to argue with her, and in the end, due to her excessive cuteness, she was going to win anyway. Sanosuke wasn't in the mood for pointless battles.
"Aya-chan, is the baby-sitter here yet?" Sanosuke asked from in the bathroom.
Aya blinked and hopped off the and then over to the window out looking the street. "Yay! A car pulled in!" She announced loudly, but then blinked. "Oh. That's the off'er."
"What?!" Sanosuke demanded, looking down to his watch. "He's early!"
She grinned. "Whatta you ex'ect?"
"Just... uh-- wait for Misao, and entertain Hajime!" Sanosuke tried, running upstairs into his bedroom as quickly as he could.
Aya blinked, and then turned around as she heard a knock at the door. She turned around slowly and hobbled over to the door, frowning at the handle she couldn't reach. She looked around and called out, "Wait!" Hmm... where did the footrest run off to? She glanced around the living room and smiled happily as her eyes landed on the stool she was looking for. She pranced over and grabbed it, pulling it to the door with all her might.
She took a few moments to breath from the sheer weight of the thing on her small body and then hopped up on it, unlocking the door and pulling it open. She pulled, she realized that the footstool as blocking her way. So she tugged harder.
Aya yelped as the wheels on the underside of the stool began to move, throwing her backwards. With her mouth open, ready to cry, she waited for her body to slam into the ground.
Only it didn't come.
She blinked and looked up to see that the officer had caught her. Her eyes widened and she hopped forward to wrap his arms around his neck, grinning. "Hallo!"
He chuckled. "You have to be more careful on those things." He scolded and she nodded.
"It was a-a accident!" She finally stated and squirmed out of Saitou's grip to get back on the floor. "Daddy over slept, and he's trying to get ready right now. I've gotta look for the Aya-sitter!"
He cocked his head with a grin as she hopped up on the couch to look out the window. "The Aya-sitter?"
"'m not a baby! So it's Aya-sitter, 'cause she watches Aya! Duh!" She explained, and looked out the window. She paused for a second, and then looked back to Saitou. "This is borin'! Play with me!"
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Sanosuke looked around wildly for his cell phone. He needed it in case Misao needed to reach him! He blanked and quickly lunged for a drawer, thinking about where he could have put it. He dug around and blinked as a paper slid out of the stack. Sanosuke picked it up an eyed it for a moment, reading the neat print on the page with a raised eyebrow.
'In the sleep induced phase that I'm currently surrounded in, my mind begins to wander about why I'm here. One thing that I know for a fact, is how lucky I am. Sanosuke stayed with me, day in the day out, through good and bad. I can never thank him enough and --'
Sanosuke's eyes cut short as he realized just what he was reading.
Megumi's diary.
He placed the page back, and grinned as he heard a familiar ringing.
He peered over to where the noise was coming from, and looked through the papers.
"There you are..." he commented to himself as he pulled the cell phone out through the papers and pillows covering it. Thank God it had been hooked onto the adapter under all those coverings...
And then it stopped ringing.
He shrugged. No big loss. If it was important, they would call back anyway.
Thinking that, Sanosuke headed down the stairs and to the living room where Saitou and Aya had been waiting for him. Saitou looked around to the youth and granted him a grin. Sanosuke set the phone down on the counter and smiled once more at Saitou, reminding himself to pick it up and put it in his coat as soon as they were ready to leave.
"Aya was showing just how proper you're supposed to play with Puppies in my Pocket." Saitou stated, and all the brunette could do was chuckle.
"Yeah, but he was lookin' at Benji the wrong way!" Aya announced, looking around. "Oh! The Aya-sitter's here!" She loudly announced and hopped over to the window to watch as she was dropped off.
Sanosuke nodded, crossing his arms and looked over at Saitou. "Look's like we can head out soon."
"It looks like we can." Saitou stated, and nodded at the girl who was walking through the front door.
"Hey there, Sanosuke! How are you doing?" She greeted with a large smile. "I am so sorry that I'm late! I got stuck at a volleyball game! We were tied for the longest time, and then ended it with sudden death." She winked.
The brunette looked over to Aya and then to Misao. "So how did you guys do?"
"Oh course we won in the end!" Misao announced, and then laughed as Aya latched onto her leg.
"Yay! The Aya-sitter's here!" Aya squealed.
Misao grinned at her and knelt down to pick her up. "I've got some cute tapes for us to watch tonight! I also got ya a present!"
"A present!?" The small girl's eyes widened and her jaw dropped.
Misao nodded, "Yup, a present, for my favorite Aya to sit!"
The sitter looked around to where Sanosuke was standing, waiting for directions.
"Thanks, Misao. We'll probably be back around nine, but make sure that Aya gets to bed at eight. I have dinner for both of you in the oven, so all ya have to do is warm it up. Aya's been playing with the phone lately and calling anyone her fingers can dial in, so keep her away from that, all right?" Sanosuke instructed.
Misao happily nodded, "Will do! You have a great time tonight, Sanosuke!"
The rooster head smiled, "Thanks, you too!" And then walked out the door with his date.
Misao smirked down to Aya. "So daddy's got a new boyfriend, huh? You have to fill me in on everything!"
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The two had been talking for the majority of the drive, and it was at that point that Sanosuke asked one thing that he had been a little curious about all along. He looked to his side where Saitou was driving and cleared his throat. "Hey, Hajime? Where are we going?"
"Jaded China. I'm sure that you've heard of it." Saitou answered quickly, eyes lingering on the boy before he turned back to the road.
Sanosuke's jaw dropped. "Hell yeah, I've heard of it! But I haven't even stepped foot in that district, let alone the biggest, most expensive fucking restaurant there! Damnit, you should have told me! I should have worn something different!"
"Hn. You look fine, don't worry about it. This is your chance to eat here." The older man stated with a smirk.
Sanosuke sunk down in his seat, arms crossed in a half-hearted pout. "Ehh, I'm gonna feel weird!"
"It's all right. You'll be fine." Saitou assured, and Sanosuke nodded carefully.
"If you say so..."
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Sanosuke burst out laughing during dinner, catching the attention of multiple people around them, listening to Saitou recall his training of a younger officer. He didn't think the seemly stoic man held a sense of humor, but had he ever been wrong! Sanosuke continued to chuckle, pulling his glass of wine to his lips for a sip. Saitou had this talent of making him feel right at home. Sanosuke forgot about his settings, and focused on only Saitou and the delicious food set in front of him. At the beginning of the meal, he had ordered light, knowing that he wouldn't have enough money otherwise to foot his part of the bill.
It was at that point that Saitou noticed, and told him that it was on him.
After quite a bit of arguing, Saitou had come out victorious, and that's where they were right now.
"Damn, I hadn't thought that firing a gun -that- way was possible!" Sanosuke blurted, grinning like an idiot as his chuckles resided.
Saitou had a slight smirk on his face as he nodded. "As did I... as did I."
Saitou looked down to his watch for a moment and looked back over to Sanosuke. "We should be heading back soon, it's nearly nine, and that's when you told the baby-sitter that you would be back."
"Aya-sitter." Sanosuke quickly corrected, giving Saitou a lop-sided grin.
Saitou nodded with a smirk, and repeated, "The Aya-sitter. You told the Aya-sitter nine."
The brunette bobbed his head in confirmation and laid his hand across the table, placing it lightly on top of Saitou. The older man's hand moved to intertwine their fingers and then had to ask one thing.
"Before, Aya said that you didn't get out much. I can hardly see how that would happen. You seem to be attractive and available." Saitou asked, rubbing circles on the back of Sanosuke hand.
The youth looked around the table almost carefully, worried about where his gaze would land. He cautiously looked up at Saitou. "Actually, when I first adopted Aya, I had a boyfriend. And then after she moved in with us, he left after a week. He couldn't take it..."
Saitou raised an eyebrow. "Why did you adopt her in the first place, Sanosuke? That was one thing that I couldn't figure out. It doesn't seem like teenagers would be interested in adoption at that point in their lives. Why was it different for you?"
Sanosuke bit his lip carefully, and looked up at Saitou. Saitou gave his hand a reassuring squeeze.
"Well... I had a best friend. She was a doctor, and she had gotten pregnant. Her boyfriend left her, and I helped her through it. What else could I do, ya know? She had been there for me all my life, and at this point, she had no one else..." He trailed off the took a deep breath. "But all the time she was pregnant, she got these really bad stomach aches. I thought it was just part of the pregnancy, but she told me that patients shouldn't get those. I told her that since she had never experienced the aches like her patients had, she may just be thinking about making nothing something. I've heard that some pregnancies are walking in the park. The nine months and the labor. And I just thought that Megumi wasn't one of those people..."
Saitou nodded, urging his story to continue.
"Well, it was right around the time she was due that the pains got worse, and so I took her to a hospital for it. The next morning, we found out that the baby had grown pressed up against Megumi's internal organs, and in the end it was either her or the baby. She had chosen the baby... and she... asked me to take care of it." Sanosuke shook his head, he had tried to forget about all the pain that Megumi must have gone through... but it had ended then. "And I accepted. She had... made up her mind. And that's who Aya is."
Saitou nodded, giving Sanosuke's hand another squeeze. "You have done an amazing job at raising her, I have to admit."
The brunette let a sad smile come to his face. "Thanks..."
"Anyway, why haven't you even considered a relationship?" Saitou asked again.
"Well... like I said, my boyfriend left me when Aya came along. Sure, there have been a lot of girls that have been understanding about Aya, and Aya might need a mother, even if she doesn't know it. But that's the problem. I don't like women. And all the guys I've met automatically have issues with the fact that I have a kid. There were a couple that I did really like... but they always made me choose between them and Aya. And when I chose Aya, they left. I just decided that the only person that I really needed was Aya, and no one else." Sanosuke finished, taking another sip of his wine.
Saitou looked at him in the eyes. "Then why did you say yes to my invitation?"
A slight blush covered Sanosuke's cheeks as he blinked. "I-I'm not too sure myself..."
Saitou chuckled, "Well, I'm glad that you did. We should probably be getting you back home soon. I bet Aya is missing her father."
Sanosuke grinned. "I bet Aya is sleeping."
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"Aya-chan! Come back here!" Misao called, chasing after the little girl who had just recently ran outside because she said that she had forgotten something in the yard. Misao looked around in the dark, it was a little past nine, and she hadn't the slightest idea about where Sanosuke was. "Aya-chan!" She called again.
Three seconds later, Aya came bounding back to the sound of her voice. "Misao! I found Neko! A man helped me! He was nice!"
Misao blinked, "A man helped you?"
"Yup! Let's get back in the house!" Aya announced, but Misao was still fighting the feeling in the pit of her stomach.
A man?
She shook her head. It must have been Aya-chan's imagination. "Come on, Aya-chan! We need to get you to bed!"
"Dun wanna!!"
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Sanosuke stepped into his side of the car as Saitou did the same from the empty parking lot. As his rear end landed on the cool leather he smiled and sighed, "Damn, that was a fucking great meal! Expensive too! I'll make it up to ya some day in the future, all right?"
Saitou shook his head. "It's all right. It was my treat."
Sanosuke paused for a moment, looking up at the sky though the sunroof. Saitou placed his hands on the keys, but was quickly interrupted as he heard Sanosuke cut in, "No! Don't turn the car on... just wait a second."
Saitou gave the youth a curious look, who was readjusting his seat to lay on his back. Sanosuke looked up to the stars through the window and felt the cool air of night around him. He brought his arms up and rested them on his forehead. Saitou watched him intently as the rooster head's eyelids fluttered shut. The older man did nothing to stop his eyes from wandering along the muscled body.
Saitou unbuckled his seat belt and silently leaned over the youth, pressing his lips to Sanosuke's. He pulled away right before Sanosuke's eyes opened. Sanosuke grinned. "What was that for?"
Saitou shrugged. "Something that I felt like doing."
Sanosuke's hands timidly moved from where there were resting and cupped Saitou's cheek, pulling his head back down to his lips. Saitou shifted over a little bit to give him a better angle to kiss the younger man at. Hesitantly, he slipped his tongue into Sanosuke's mouth and kissed him deeper. Sanosuke moaned against the touch, and moved his arms from Saitou's face, to his back, pulling him closer.
Sanosuke pulled away. "W-wait... I... this might be a stupid time to say this, but do you have a cell phone? I... uh... forgot mine at home..."
Saitou laughed to himself and reached to the dashboard where it lay. "Here."
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Misao looked around the room wildly as she heard a phone ringing. Aya was sleeping up stairs, and she hurried to the phone, trying to get it before it woke Aya up.
"Hello?" She quickly greeted.
"Hey, Misao, it's me." The other voice stated.
"Where are you? Caught in traffic? Working for a meal you didn't have the money to pay for?" She asked with a laugh.
"Eh... no but... mmm, Hajime, stop that for a sec, all right...!?"
Misao blinked. "Uh... is everything all right over there?"
"Y-yeah, everything great... but I need you to stay a little longer... we got... caught up with something..." Sanosuke stated, and Misao questioned the way he was breathlessly talking. It was like he just got done running a marathon.
"Um, all right. I guess I'll see ya later tonight. What time do you think, because I'll need a ride home..."
"I have... n-no idea right now... I'll just take you home wh-when I get back, all right?"
"Sounds good."
And then the other line promptly hung up. Misao looked at the phone and blinked. She shrugged her shoulders. It wasn't any of her business anyhow...
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End of part three
By: Emmy
Part Three
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"Daddy's got a date! Daddy's got a date!" Aya giggled over and over again, sitting up on the table as she watched Sanosuke scramble to get ready. Saitou had said that he would be there at seven, and as soon as they parted ways in the morning, Sanosuke had taken a nap.
And then Aya decided to wake him up around six thirty.
And that would be the exact reason Sanosuke was struggling to get ready while Aya sat on the table, giggling, "Daddy's got a date and Daddy isn't ready!"
Sanosuke paused to look at his daughter for a moment and glared. "Aya-chan! Yer not helping! And get off the table!"
She pouted. "Why? You sit here all the time!"
Sanosuke groaned and ducked back into the bathroom. He didn't have time to argue with her, and in the end, due to her excessive cuteness, she was going to win anyway. Sanosuke wasn't in the mood for pointless battles.
"Aya-chan, is the baby-sitter here yet?" Sanosuke asked from in the bathroom.
Aya blinked and hopped off the and then over to the window out looking the street. "Yay! A car pulled in!" She announced loudly, but then blinked. "Oh. That's the off'er."
"What?!" Sanosuke demanded, looking down to his watch. "He's early!"
She grinned. "Whatta you ex'ect?"
"Just... uh-- wait for Misao, and entertain Hajime!" Sanosuke tried, running upstairs into his bedroom as quickly as he could.
Aya blinked, and then turned around as she heard a knock at the door. She turned around slowly and hobbled over to the door, frowning at the handle she couldn't reach. She looked around and called out, "Wait!" Hmm... where did the footrest run off to? She glanced around the living room and smiled happily as her eyes landed on the stool she was looking for. She pranced over and grabbed it, pulling it to the door with all her might.
She took a few moments to breath from the sheer weight of the thing on her small body and then hopped up on it, unlocking the door and pulling it open. She pulled, she realized that the footstool as blocking her way. So she tugged harder.
Aya yelped as the wheels on the underside of the stool began to move, throwing her backwards. With her mouth open, ready to cry, she waited for her body to slam into the ground.
Only it didn't come.
She blinked and looked up to see that the officer had caught her. Her eyes widened and she hopped forward to wrap his arms around his neck, grinning. "Hallo!"
He chuckled. "You have to be more careful on those things." He scolded and she nodded.
"It was a-a accident!" She finally stated and squirmed out of Saitou's grip to get back on the floor. "Daddy over slept, and he's trying to get ready right now. I've gotta look for the Aya-sitter!"
He cocked his head with a grin as she hopped up on the couch to look out the window. "The Aya-sitter?"
"'m not a baby! So it's Aya-sitter, 'cause she watches Aya! Duh!" She explained, and looked out the window. She paused for a second, and then looked back to Saitou. "This is borin'! Play with me!"
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Sanosuke looked around wildly for his cell phone. He needed it in case Misao needed to reach him! He blanked and quickly lunged for a drawer, thinking about where he could have put it. He dug around and blinked as a paper slid out of the stack. Sanosuke picked it up an eyed it for a moment, reading the neat print on the page with a raised eyebrow.
'In the sleep induced phase that I'm currently surrounded in, my mind begins to wander about why I'm here. One thing that I know for a fact, is how lucky I am. Sanosuke stayed with me, day in the day out, through good and bad. I can never thank him enough and --'
Sanosuke's eyes cut short as he realized just what he was reading.
Megumi's diary.
He placed the page back, and grinned as he heard a familiar ringing.
He peered over to where the noise was coming from, and looked through the papers.
"There you are..." he commented to himself as he pulled the cell phone out through the papers and pillows covering it. Thank God it had been hooked onto the adapter under all those coverings...
And then it stopped ringing.
He shrugged. No big loss. If it was important, they would call back anyway.
Thinking that, Sanosuke headed down the stairs and to the living room where Saitou and Aya had been waiting for him. Saitou looked around to the youth and granted him a grin. Sanosuke set the phone down on the counter and smiled once more at Saitou, reminding himself to pick it up and put it in his coat as soon as they were ready to leave.
"Aya was showing just how proper you're supposed to play with Puppies in my Pocket." Saitou stated, and all the brunette could do was chuckle.
"Yeah, but he was lookin' at Benji the wrong way!" Aya announced, looking around. "Oh! The Aya-sitter's here!" She loudly announced and hopped over to the window to watch as she was dropped off.
Sanosuke nodded, crossing his arms and looked over at Saitou. "Look's like we can head out soon."
"It looks like we can." Saitou stated, and nodded at the girl who was walking through the front door.
"Hey there, Sanosuke! How are you doing?" She greeted with a large smile. "I am so sorry that I'm late! I got stuck at a volleyball game! We were tied for the longest time, and then ended it with sudden death." She winked.
The brunette looked over to Aya and then to Misao. "So how did you guys do?"
"Oh course we won in the end!" Misao announced, and then laughed as Aya latched onto her leg.
"Yay! The Aya-sitter's here!" Aya squealed.
Misao grinned at her and knelt down to pick her up. "I've got some cute tapes for us to watch tonight! I also got ya a present!"
"A present!?" The small girl's eyes widened and her jaw dropped.
Misao nodded, "Yup, a present, for my favorite Aya to sit!"
The sitter looked around to where Sanosuke was standing, waiting for directions.
"Thanks, Misao. We'll probably be back around nine, but make sure that Aya gets to bed at eight. I have dinner for both of you in the oven, so all ya have to do is warm it up. Aya's been playing with the phone lately and calling anyone her fingers can dial in, so keep her away from that, all right?" Sanosuke instructed.
Misao happily nodded, "Will do! You have a great time tonight, Sanosuke!"
The rooster head smiled, "Thanks, you too!" And then walked out the door with his date.
Misao smirked down to Aya. "So daddy's got a new boyfriend, huh? You have to fill me in on everything!"
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The two had been talking for the majority of the drive, and it was at that point that Sanosuke asked one thing that he had been a little curious about all along. He looked to his side where Saitou was driving and cleared his throat. "Hey, Hajime? Where are we going?"
"Jaded China. I'm sure that you've heard of it." Saitou answered quickly, eyes lingering on the boy before he turned back to the road.
Sanosuke's jaw dropped. "Hell yeah, I've heard of it! But I haven't even stepped foot in that district, let alone the biggest, most expensive fucking restaurant there! Damnit, you should have told me! I should have worn something different!"
"Hn. You look fine, don't worry about it. This is your chance to eat here." The older man stated with a smirk.
Sanosuke sunk down in his seat, arms crossed in a half-hearted pout. "Ehh, I'm gonna feel weird!"
"It's all right. You'll be fine." Saitou assured, and Sanosuke nodded carefully.
"If you say so..."
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Sanosuke burst out laughing during dinner, catching the attention of multiple people around them, listening to Saitou recall his training of a younger officer. He didn't think the seemly stoic man held a sense of humor, but had he ever been wrong! Sanosuke continued to chuckle, pulling his glass of wine to his lips for a sip. Saitou had this talent of making him feel right at home. Sanosuke forgot about his settings, and focused on only Saitou and the delicious food set in front of him. At the beginning of the meal, he had ordered light, knowing that he wouldn't have enough money otherwise to foot his part of the bill.
It was at that point that Saitou noticed, and told him that it was on him.
After quite a bit of arguing, Saitou had come out victorious, and that's where they were right now.
"Damn, I hadn't thought that firing a gun -that- way was possible!" Sanosuke blurted, grinning like an idiot as his chuckles resided.
Saitou had a slight smirk on his face as he nodded. "As did I... as did I."
Saitou looked down to his watch for a moment and looked back over to Sanosuke. "We should be heading back soon, it's nearly nine, and that's when you told the baby-sitter that you would be back."
"Aya-sitter." Sanosuke quickly corrected, giving Saitou a lop-sided grin.
Saitou nodded with a smirk, and repeated, "The Aya-sitter. You told the Aya-sitter nine."
The brunette bobbed his head in confirmation and laid his hand across the table, placing it lightly on top of Saitou. The older man's hand moved to intertwine their fingers and then had to ask one thing.
"Before, Aya said that you didn't get out much. I can hardly see how that would happen. You seem to be attractive and available." Saitou asked, rubbing circles on the back of Sanosuke hand.
The youth looked around the table almost carefully, worried about where his gaze would land. He cautiously looked up at Saitou. "Actually, when I first adopted Aya, I had a boyfriend. And then after she moved in with us, he left after a week. He couldn't take it..."
Saitou raised an eyebrow. "Why did you adopt her in the first place, Sanosuke? That was one thing that I couldn't figure out. It doesn't seem like teenagers would be interested in adoption at that point in their lives. Why was it different for you?"
Sanosuke bit his lip carefully, and looked up at Saitou. Saitou gave his hand a reassuring squeeze.
"Well... I had a best friend. She was a doctor, and she had gotten pregnant. Her boyfriend left her, and I helped her through it. What else could I do, ya know? She had been there for me all my life, and at this point, she had no one else..." He trailed off the took a deep breath. "But all the time she was pregnant, she got these really bad stomach aches. I thought it was just part of the pregnancy, but she told me that patients shouldn't get those. I told her that since she had never experienced the aches like her patients had, she may just be thinking about making nothing something. I've heard that some pregnancies are walking in the park. The nine months and the labor. And I just thought that Megumi wasn't one of those people..."
Saitou nodded, urging his story to continue.
"Well, it was right around the time she was due that the pains got worse, and so I took her to a hospital for it. The next morning, we found out that the baby had grown pressed up against Megumi's internal organs, and in the end it was either her or the baby. She had chosen the baby... and she... asked me to take care of it." Sanosuke shook his head, he had tried to forget about all the pain that Megumi must have gone through... but it had ended then. "And I accepted. She had... made up her mind. And that's who Aya is."
Saitou nodded, giving Sanosuke's hand another squeeze. "You have done an amazing job at raising her, I have to admit."
The brunette let a sad smile come to his face. "Thanks..."
"Anyway, why haven't you even considered a relationship?" Saitou asked again.
"Well... like I said, my boyfriend left me when Aya came along. Sure, there have been a lot of girls that have been understanding about Aya, and Aya might need a mother, even if she doesn't know it. But that's the problem. I don't like women. And all the guys I've met automatically have issues with the fact that I have a kid. There were a couple that I did really like... but they always made me choose between them and Aya. And when I chose Aya, they left. I just decided that the only person that I really needed was Aya, and no one else." Sanosuke finished, taking another sip of his wine.
Saitou looked at him in the eyes. "Then why did you say yes to my invitation?"
A slight blush covered Sanosuke's cheeks as he blinked. "I-I'm not too sure myself..."
Saitou chuckled, "Well, I'm glad that you did. We should probably be getting you back home soon. I bet Aya is missing her father."
Sanosuke grinned. "I bet Aya is sleeping."
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"Aya-chan! Come back here!" Misao called, chasing after the little girl who had just recently ran outside because she said that she had forgotten something in the yard. Misao looked around in the dark, it was a little past nine, and she hadn't the slightest idea about where Sanosuke was. "Aya-chan!" She called again.
Three seconds later, Aya came bounding back to the sound of her voice. "Misao! I found Neko! A man helped me! He was nice!"
Misao blinked, "A man helped you?"
"Yup! Let's get back in the house!" Aya announced, but Misao was still fighting the feeling in the pit of her stomach.
A man?
She shook her head. It must have been Aya-chan's imagination. "Come on, Aya-chan! We need to get you to bed!"
"Dun wanna!!"
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Sanosuke stepped into his side of the car as Saitou did the same from the empty parking lot. As his rear end landed on the cool leather he smiled and sighed, "Damn, that was a fucking great meal! Expensive too! I'll make it up to ya some day in the future, all right?"
Saitou shook his head. "It's all right. It was my treat."
Sanosuke paused for a moment, looking up at the sky though the sunroof. Saitou placed his hands on the keys, but was quickly interrupted as he heard Sanosuke cut in, "No! Don't turn the car on... just wait a second."
Saitou gave the youth a curious look, who was readjusting his seat to lay on his back. Sanosuke looked up to the stars through the window and felt the cool air of night around him. He brought his arms up and rested them on his forehead. Saitou watched him intently as the rooster head's eyelids fluttered shut. The older man did nothing to stop his eyes from wandering along the muscled body.
Saitou unbuckled his seat belt and silently leaned over the youth, pressing his lips to Sanosuke's. He pulled away right before Sanosuke's eyes opened. Sanosuke grinned. "What was that for?"
Saitou shrugged. "Something that I felt like doing."
Sanosuke's hands timidly moved from where there were resting and cupped Saitou's cheek, pulling his head back down to his lips. Saitou shifted over a little bit to give him a better angle to kiss the younger man at. Hesitantly, he slipped his tongue into Sanosuke's mouth and kissed him deeper. Sanosuke moaned against the touch, and moved his arms from Saitou's face, to his back, pulling him closer.
Sanosuke pulled away. "W-wait... I... this might be a stupid time to say this, but do you have a cell phone? I... uh... forgot mine at home..."
Saitou laughed to himself and reached to the dashboard where it lay. "Here."
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Misao looked around the room wildly as she heard a phone ringing. Aya was sleeping up stairs, and she hurried to the phone, trying to get it before it woke Aya up.
"Hello?" She quickly greeted.
"Hey, Misao, it's me." The other voice stated.
"Where are you? Caught in traffic? Working for a meal you didn't have the money to pay for?" She asked with a laugh.
"Eh... no but... mmm, Hajime, stop that for a sec, all right...!?"
Misao blinked. "Uh... is everything all right over there?"
"Y-yeah, everything great... but I need you to stay a little longer... we got... caught up with something..." Sanosuke stated, and Misao questioned the way he was breathlessly talking. It was like he just got done running a marathon.
"Um, all right. I guess I'll see ya later tonight. What time do you think, because I'll need a ride home..."
"I have... n-no idea right now... I'll just take you home wh-when I get back, all right?"
"Sounds good."
And then the other line promptly hung up. Misao looked at the phone and blinked. She shrugged her shoulders. It wasn't any of her business anyhow...
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End of part three